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J. B. BEACH & H. BERRY. COMBINED SPOON HQLDER'AND CALL BELL. No.244,527. Patented July 19,1881..

jz m m /137 N. PETERS. Photo-Lithograph, Wnhingtm ma UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICEO JOSEPH BROWNBEAGH AND HENRY BERRY, OF BIRMINGHAM, CONN.

COMBINED SPOON-HOLDER AND CALL-BELL.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 244,527, dated July 19,1881.

7 Application filed May 28, 1881. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JosEPH BROWNBEACH and HENRY BERRY, of Birmingham,in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticnt,l1ave invented anewand valuable Improvement in Combined Spoon-Holders and Call- Bells; andwe do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification,and to the letters and figures of reference marked there- Figure 1 ofthe drawings is a representation of a perspective view, partly brokenaway. Fig. 2 is a sectional view, and Figs. 3 and 4 are enlarged detailview..

This invention relates to improvements in articles for table use; and itconsists in the construction and novel arrangement under the base of aspoon-holder of an alarm-gong, and in connection therewith of thehammer-lever and its fulcrum, spring, and stops, all as hereinafter setforth.

Many articles of tablefurniture have been made with alarm devicesconnected therewith; but the arrangement has generally been more or lesscumbersome, detracting from the appearance of the piece as an object oftable use. At the same time the gong has been so placed that anunintentional call is liable to occur.

In the annexed drawings, the letter a represents a spoon-holder havingthe bowl b, stem 0, and convex base at, supported on feet 6, said basebeing provided with openings arranged in a circle near its lower edge,one opening being much larger than the others, as shown.

Projecting out radially from stem 0, just above the base d, is a stud,f, having a hearing, g, and shoulder h. Upon the bearing portion orfulcrum g of this stud is the tubular bearing 70 of the striker-rod, Z.This bearing has at its end, where it abuts against shoulder h, a notch,a, in which is caughtthe free end 19 of a'spring, g, which is seatedbetween the fulcrum and bearing is, and is confinedin the latter. Theoperation of this spring is to accelerate thedownward movement of thehammer end of the strikinglever. The latter is held in engagement withthe stud by means of a nut or head, '1". 4

The stem cof the holder passes down through the convex base, and whereit protrudes below there is attached to it a bell-metal gong, 8,disconnected otherwise from the holder. The lower end, t, of thestriking-lever is bent at an angle to extend over "the opening a, and isprovided at its end with a knob, v. The opening a being on a diameterof-the base and the plane of the striking-lever to one side thereof, thebend in the latter brings the knob into proper position to effectastroke in a direction normal'to the surface of the gong. I

At the side of stud 3 toward the knob, and immediately under thestriking-lever, there is secured to the base (1 a wire stop, to, whichis adapted to engage a stop, :10, formed on the circular flange y ofbearing 7:, with the edge of which the stop w is in contact as thestriking-lever is moved for the call.

The flange protects'the stops and prevents them frombeing especiallynoticeable.

As pressure is applied to the finger-piece a the knob 27 is raised andspring q compressed. As soon as the rod is released this spring throwsthe knob into sharp contact with the gong s, the stops w and a coming.in contact, and the resiliency of the rod allowing the knob to strike.The stops are so arranged that after the stroke the rod springs back toits normal tensionand the knob is lifted from the gong, allowing thelatter to vibrate and sound. What we claim as our invention, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

. A combined spoon-holder and call bell con- JOSEPH BROWN BEACH. HENRYBERRY.

Witnesses:

O. ALBERT BURR, S.-DE WITT LOOKWOOD.

